Rose, Knife, Policy
The double-speak language of American victimization and violence has never been more clear than in Trump's second term
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Thinking the New Protest Culture: Arendt
Arendt’s wisdom provides a unique of understanding the spectre haunting the American university – the spectre of protest. Across the
Growing Up With Al Franken
Al Franken is a strange hero for a 14-year-old in a petit-bourgeoisie household to have. Even stranger
Thor: Ragnarok, a Liberal Allegory
TaLynn Kel argues at The Establishment that Thor: Ragnarok is really a subversive takedown of white supremacy and colonialism. Spoilers
Intersectional Liberalism
In a talk given to the largely conservative audience of the Manhattan Institute, Jonathan Haidt discussed some of the reasons
The Identity Paradox: Liberalism, Tolerance, and the Challenges of Recognition
In the wake of the maelstrom (or, perhaps, horrific dumpster fire) that has marked our entry into a worrying, dark
The Warm Liberalism of Erik Gustaf Geijer
* The new volume Freedom in Sweden: Selected Works of Erik Gustaf Geijer, ed. Björn Hasselgren, trans. P. C. Hogg (Timbro,
The Meaning of the Gettysburg Address, 154 Years Later
“Four score and seven years ago” are words Americans learn in school and hear echoed in popular culture. To the
The Game Theory of Why We Should Believe Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
The importance of believing the victims of sexual misconduct prior to, and even in lieu of, hard evidence in support
The White Dudes of Liberalism
When a critical concentration of white men are present in early days of a movement or ideology, it sets in
What, to an American, Is the National Anthem?
America is a nation overflowing with love for our sports, if not always for our teams. There is a special
Queen of Bebop and Pathbreaker
Jazz is intimately tied up with freedom. It has deep origins in African-American spirituals and other mixes of slave
Anarchism: Liberal Threat or Liberal Critique?
Anarchism is surely underrated in the popular mindset, unjustly besmirched as it is by thesauruses juxtaposing anarchy with chaos and